Edmonton municipal election, 1919

The 1919 municipal election was held December 8, 1919 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. T P Malone, Paul Janvrin, T S Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. In the election's only plebiscite, Edmontonians rejected a proposal to pay their aldermen.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Hepburn, Samuel McCoppen, Henri Martin, John McKenzie, and Andrew McLennan were all elected to two-year terms in 1918 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Duggan, Frank Crang, and William Rea had all been elected to two-year terms in 1918 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where J J Murray, Joseph Driscoll, and Joseph Gariépy were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 11213 ballots cast out of 15378 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 72.9%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Clarke	6,509	59.52%
	Citizens' Committee	Matthew Easdale	4,427	40.48%

Aldermen

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	James Kinney	5,513
Labour	James East	4,847
Labour	Rice Sheppard	4,644
Citizens' Committee	Percy Abbott	4,233	Y
Citizens' Committee	John Bowen	4,093	Y
Citizens' Committee	George H. Scott	3,835
Labour	James Findlay	3,775
Labour	J. J. Murray	3,696
Citizens' Committee	Valentine Richards	3,524
Citizens' Committee	Charles Grant	3,230
Independent	Charles G. Davidson	2,982
Independent	Joseph Adair	2,356

Public school trustees

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	J. A. McPherson	5,682
Labour	Samuel Barnes	5,669
Labour	J. W. H. Williams	4,099
Labour	Frank Scott	4,012
Independent	Mrs. Howey	3,945
Independent	Henry Douglas	3,944
Independent	Walter Ramsey	3,829
Independent	E. T. Bishop	3,278

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Thomas Malone	acclaimed
Independent	Paul Janvrin	acclaimed
Independent	T. S. Magee	acclaimed
Independent	Joseph Henri Picard	acclaimed

Plebiscite

Are you in favour of paying each member of the Council the sum of $10.00 for each meeting of the Council attended by him during his term of office, and for each Committee meeting so attended $5.00. Provided that the total sum payable to any member shall not be greater than $1,000.00 during any year, nor more than $100.00 during any month.
	Votes	%
Yes	4,152	41.84%
No	5,771	58.16%

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

Elections and plebiscites in Edmonton

Municipal elections	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 (Jan) 1896 (Dec) 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1912 (Feb) 1912 (Dec) 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1966 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013

By-elections	1907 1911 1912 1970 1984 1994 2015

Plebiscites	1979 1981

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